Hagerstown man charged with homicide in fatal stabbing

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted Oct. 14, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Updated Oct 14, 2013 at 9:10 AM

Posted Oct. 14, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Updated Oct 14, 2013 at 9:10 AM

Hagerstown, Md.

Hagerstown police charged a 20-year-old man with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment after an 18-year-old man he allegedly stabbed several times Sunday morning died of his injuries.

Shakeem Tradwell Miles of 50 Summit Ave., Apartment 223, was identified as the suspect in the case.

Police were called to the first block of West Franklin Street at 4:26 a.m. Sunday for a disturbance and found a large, disorderly crowd in the street.

Officers then found 18-year-old Jalonte Davonne Thomas-Leach in the hallway of an apartment building with multiple stab wounds.

Thomas-Leach was taken to Meritus Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. Community Rescue Service and the Hagerstown Fire Department assisted at the scene.

The investigation

Police identified Miles as the suspect and found him later Sunday in the 100 block of West Bethel Street — a few blocks from the scene of the stabbing.

Miles also was suffering from non-life-threatening stab wounds. He was treated and released from Meritus, and then arrested. Police do not know who stabbed Miles.

A news release from the department says this was an isolated incident between people who knew each other, and the homicide was the culmination of multiple altercations they had over a two-day period.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at (301) 790-3700, or e-mail information to: